Duck Rock

album by McLaren

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Duck Rock is the 1983 solo album by Malcolm McLaren, a British impresario and musician known for managing the punk band the Sex Pistols. The album is an eclectic fusion of hip-hop and world music. It produced two British top 10 hits: "Buffalo Gals" and "Double Dutch". McLaren's career was marked by his use of music to enact radical aesthetic ideas, often fueled by controversy.1

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Malcolm McLaren
…released his own solo album, Duck Rock, an eclectic fusion of hip-hop and world music that spawned two British top 10 hits: “Buffalo Gals” and “Double Dutch.” Several other albums followed, including the opera-inspired Fans (1984), Waltz Darling (1989), and Paris (1994).
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…released his own solo album, Duck Rock, an eclectic fusion of hip-hop and world music that spawned two British top 10 hits: “Buffalo Gals” and “Double Dutch.” Several other albums followed, including the opera-inspired Fans (1984), Waltz Darling (1989), and Paris (1994).
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